All 24 Uses
competent
in
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest
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- He told Paulsson he was an incompetent fool and yelled at him that the officers should fucking forget about untying Niedermann until they had called for backup.†
Part 1incompetent = not sufficiently capablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetent means not and reverses the meaning of competent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- I called him an imbecile and an incompetent fool.†
Part 1
- I'm not competent to judge whether or not Salander is mentally ill.†
Part 1 *competent = sufficiently capable
- But you are competent to say whether or not she was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.†
Part 1
- Salander has also been declared legally incompetent.†
Part 1incompetent = not sufficiently capablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetent means not and reverses the meaning of competent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- "That is unforgivably incompetent," Gullberg said.†
Part 1
- He was without doubt an extremely competent news editor.†
Part 2competent = sufficiently capable
- I—or rather, my sister, Annika—will fight to see that she is acquitted, and that her declaration of incompetence is revoked.†
Part 2incompetence = inability to do things sufficientlystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetence means not and reverses the meaning of competence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- I'm furious at the state and the government and Säpo and all these fucking bastards who for no reason at all locked up a twelve-year-old girl in a mental hospital until she could be declared incompetent.†
Part 3incompetent = not sufficiently capablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetent means not and reverses the meaning of competent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- My priority is that Salander should be acquitted and declared competent.†
Part 3competent = sufficiently capable
- He's very experienced and doubtless one of the most competent news chiefs I've come across.†
Part 3
- "I do not wish to be judgemental," Ekström said, "and I don't question your competence.†
Part 4competence = ability
- He also believed that Salander's declaration of incompetence should not be rescinded.†
Part 4incompetence = inability to do things sufficientlystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetence means not and reverses the meaning of competence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- I will demand that my client be acquitted of all charges, that her declaration of incompetence be revoked, and that she be released.†
Part 4
- Your client has been declared incompetent and has no right to make any such decision for herself.†
Part 4incompetent = not sufficiently capablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetent means not and reverses the meaning of competent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- We'll come back to the declaration of incompetence.†
Part 4incompetence = inability to do things sufficientlystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetence means not and reverses the meaning of competence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- He had believed in Teleborian, who had, after all, seemed so ....so competent.†
Part 4competent = sufficiently capable
- The whole declaration of incompetence was bogus, and with that ....Plus she has that blasted film ....Then it struck him.†
Part 4incompetence = inability to do things sufficientlystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetence means not and reverses the meaning of competence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- I also request that the district court take a definite position on the question of Fröken Salander's declaration of incompetence.†
Part 4
- And I request that the previous declaration of incompetence be rescinded and that her civil rights be immediately restored.†
Part 4
- The matter of the declaration of incompetence is a significantly longer process.†
Part 4
- She was falsely declared incompetent.†
Part 4incompetent = not sufficiently capablestandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetent means not and reverses the meaning of competent. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- At 6:00 that evening Judge Iversen decided to release Salander and to revoke her declaration of incompetence.†
Part 4incompetence = inability to do things sufficientlystandard prefix: The prefix "in-" in incompetence means not and reverses the meaning of competence. This is the same pattern you see in words like invisible, incomplete, and insecure.
- Fröken Salander, if I rescind your declaration of incompetence, that will mean that you have exactly the same rights as all other citizens.†
Part 4
Definitions:
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(1)
(competent) capable (able to do something in a generally satisfactory manner) -- sometimes specifically to have legal capability
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(2)
(meaning too rare to warrant focus) In the field of law, competent has the specialized meaning of being legally qualified to do something such as to be mentally fit to make reasonable decisions; or to have jurisdiction or authority to take an action.
In classic literature, a competency can refer to having an income or assets to support living expenses.